01/21/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/21/2022 11:59
California created 25 percent of the nation's jobs in December, added over a million jobs since February
SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement regarding today's jobs report showing that California created 25 percent of the nation's new jobs in December, along with an unemployment rate decrease to 6.5 percent:
"California continues to create an outsized share of the nation's new jobs, with 25 percent of the entire country's job creation happening right here - part of the record 1 million new jobs that our state created throughout last year's economic recovery. As we go forward this year, we'll continue taking action to get more folks back to work and support our businesses hit hardest by the pandemic."
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